Shade holder



E. H. NOSTRAND Dec. 20, 1927.

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Patented Dec. 20, 1927.

UNITED STATES 1, 53,370 PATENT OFFICE- ELIJAH n. NOSTRANI), or JAMAICA, NEW yonx, .AssIGNon TO cox, \NOSTRAND &

GUINNISON, 1110., or BROOKLYN, new YORK; A oonrona'rion OF NEW YORK.

SHADE HOLDER.

Application filed April 24:, 1824. Serial No. 708,638.

This invention relates to a shade holder and the novelty consists in the adaptation and arrangement of parts as will be more fully hereinafter pointed out.

There are many types of shade holders on v secured to tne plunger 13 is adapted the market adapted to receive and hold rigidly in position a glass shade. There are also shade holders ha ving flexible or yieldmg retaining or supporting membersbut neither of these types of devices provide means for holding a snade in position against accidental dislodgment and at the same time having suilicient yield in the retaining means to allow ir'or the variation in My device supplies this need in the art having both flexible supporting means and a positive lock to prevent possible eislodgment otthe shade as well; as "means.

for permitting the quick placing and removal of the shade from theholder.

In the drawings Figurel is a perspective of the shade holder embodying my device, with the shade in position, and being broken away for convenience in illustration. Figure 2 is a bottom plan view of my device.

Figure 3. is a vertical sectionon the line 33 of Figure 2. Figure ,4: is .a detail of the movable support member as shown in Figure 2 with the concealed parts in dotted outline. Figureb is an enlargement of the section of Figure 3 embodying the movable support member. Figure 6 is a detail 01 the movable support member showing the unlocked position in dottedoutline. Figure 7 15a detail ofa way of mounting the r gid F igure 8 is a detail of support members.

1110111111118 the movable another way of support member.

' In the drawingsfi is a shade holder o: shell having a circular base. rim 9 in which i are adapted to be. rigidly secured, so that they project on the inside, rigid support members 10 which are so spaced that they are less than one-third of the circumference of the base rim 9 apart and in thesame relative position fronithe edge of the base rim 9; in a position. substantially opposite the middle of the space between the rigid sup port members 10 is a movable support member 11. The movable support. member 11 consistsof a tubularmember 12 rigidly secured to the. base rim 9 in which is mounted a plunger member 13- having a flared stop member 14: on its inner end and a handle 15 rigidly secured to its outer end. Aspring 16 is mounted over the plunger 13 being secured at its inner end at 17 to the plunger pin19to move sufliciently to take care of the variation in the size o'tjthe shade 21 as it is placed in the shade holder. The spring 16 and to the tubular member 12so that .nor-

[mally the pin 19 is always thrown in a clOckwise direction so that it'will'register in the pocket 20. The rigid support "members 1O I may be secured as shown in Figure 2 being riveted at 22 or may have threaded pin mem bers23'adapted toreceive and hold threaded heads24e so that they can be placed in posi tion or removed readily as maybe desired.

lVhen it is desired to place the shade 21' in the holder 8 .01 remove it therefrom it is only necessary to take holdof'the handle 15 and turning the same counter-clockwise release the .pin'19 fromthe pocket 20, then 3ull out on the handle 15 thereby compressingthe spring 16 and removing or placing the shade 21 mposltion as may be deslred.

The handle 15 may then be released whereupon thespring 16 will return the plunger "13 to its normal supportingposition and the twist inthe spring 16 will return the pin 19 1 to the pocket 20 thereby locking the plunger 13 against accidental pressure'outward so that the accidental removal or sliding from position of the shade 21is not possible. It will be noted that the pocket 20 is sufliciently large to permit the pin 19 and the plunger 13 t-ofmove yieldably on thespring 16. toetlect a yielding compression of the plunger. 13 on the shade 21 thereby preventing breaking.

or cracking and also allowing for the slight variations in exact size and shape of the shade 21. f

When removing from or replacing the shade21 in the holder 8 the manner of mounting rigid support members 10 relatively close together will materially assist in simplifying the operation as the lip of. the shade 21 can easily'be slipped under the two'supports 10 and, as the movable support member 11 is directly opposite, the

other side of the lip of the shade 21 can be (ill hasa twist therein before it secured at 17 Lil easily and quickly slipped into place. It is thus seen that for purposes of mounting the shade 21, the rigid supports 10-together form one bea ringer resting point and the movable support 11 a second resting point and there is no third point to be negotiated.

The rigid support members 10 and the movable member ll may be constructed so that they can be quickly and easily mounted in a shade holder by merely drilling holes in the base rim 9 at the suitable,intervals described. so that in this way shade holders already on the marketmay be utilized and changed to my construction by this simple expedient. The construction of rigid sup port members 10 adapted for this use are shown in Figure 'l' in which 23 is a threaded pin member adapted to pass through the hole drilled in the rim 9 and secured rigidly in place together with the support member 10 by means of a knurled nut 2 adapted to screw on to the pin 23 and be set up in the usual way by means of pliers so that the rigid support members 10 will be secured in position for use against possible dislodgment. The movable support member 11 when used in this n aim-er may be constructed as shown in Figure 8 in which um tubular member 12 has a shoulder adapted to rest against the rim 9 on the exterior as the member ll placed in the hole bored in the rim 9 for this purpose and the tubular member 152 also has an external tl'ireading over which a nut 26 is adapted to be threaded so as to lock said movable support member 12 rigidly in position in the shell 8. Otherwise the construction of the movable support member 11 will be the same as already described.

It is apparent that many variations in the particular construction of the movable support member and in the. fixed or rigid support members may be made without de- (parting from the'spirit and scope of my invention.

I cl aim 1. In a shade holder the cmnbination of supporting position when moved from the same comprising a tubular member rigidly secured in the side of said. shell near the base, a plunger mounted in said tubular member having a. spring around the same one end of which is secured to the plunger and. the other end to the tubular men'iber, a handle at the outer end of said plunger and a stop member at the inner end thereof.

2. In a shade holder the combination of a. shell, two support meu'ibers rigidly mounted inside the shell. near the base and a movable third support member mounted inside the shell near the base normally in a supporting position, automatic means for restoring said third supporting member to supporting position when moved from the same comprising a tubular member rigidly secured in the side of said shell near the base, a plunger mounted in said tubular men'iber having a spring around the same one end of which is secured'to the plunger and the other end to the tubular member. a handle at the outer end of said plunger and a stop member at the inner end thereof, and aiiitomatic means for locking said third supporting member against accidental movement. from said supporting position. i

3. In a shade holder the combination of a shell, two support members rigidly mounted inside the shell near the base and a movable third support member mounted inside the shell near the base normally in a supporting position; automatic means for restoring said third supporting member to su aporting position when moved from the same com- I prising a tubular member rigidly secured in the side of said shell near the base, a plunger mounted in said tubular member having a spring around the same oneend of which is secured. to the plunger and the other end to the tubular member, a handle at the outer end of said plunger and a stop member at the inner end thereof and automatic means for locking said third supporting member against accidental. moven'ient from said supporting position consisting of a pin rigidly mounted. in said plunger, a. bayonet lock in said tubulau member anda twist in said spring adapted 't "tlu' i\v said pin into said u lock.

In testimony whereof I a'l'tix my signature.

ELIJ'AH n. NOSTRAND. 

